High chair



March 23 1926. 1,578,040

E. A. KILMER HIGH CHAIR Filed May 2'7, 1925 Patented Mar. 23, 1926.

ELMER A. KILMER, 0F HIRAM, OHIO.

HIGH CHAIR.

Application filed May 27, 1925. Serial No. 38,200.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, ELMnn A. KILMnn, a ritizen of the United States, residing at Hiram. in the county of Portage and State of Ohio. have invented certain new and usel'ul Improvements in High Chairs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a high chair and one object of the invention is to provide a high chair in which the seat is so constructed that. when a baby or small child is placed in the chair. it cannot stand up. hen a baby is placed in a high chair having an ordinary fiat seat, it will remain seated as it does not have strength enough to stand but when an older child is seated in the chair it will often attempt to stand up and even if it is strapped in place it will often succeed in working loose from the securing strap and stand up. The child is then liable to either lose its balance and fall out of the chair or cause the chair to tip over. In either case, the child receives a bad fall and is liable to be injured.

Another object of the invention is to provide a high chair having a seat portion which is formed of fabric and provides a pocket in which the child may be seated and securely held in place, the seat being so disposed with respect to the frame of the chalr that the child may easily reach the tray upon which plates containing food are placed.

Another object of the invention is to so construct the seat that it may be entirely removed from the frame of the chair and a hanger or yoke about which the upper edge portion of the seat walls are secured removed, thereby permitting the fabric seat to be easily washed and thereby kept clean and neat in appearance.

Another object of the invention is to so construct the fabric seat that a front flap may be released and allowed to drop so that the child may be very easily seated in the chair and the fla then drawn upwardly and secured at the sides and to the tray. This arrangement permits the child to be Very easily seated in the chair or removed an prevents danger of the child slipping forwardly out of the chair.

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein- Figure 1 is a view in front elevation showing a high chair provided with the improved seat construction;

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 2--2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the fabric seat with the front wall or flap hanging downwardly.

Iiig. 4 is a perspective view of the yoke, ant

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional View taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2.

The high chair is provided with a frame which includes the front and rear legs 1 and 2 which are braced by means of bracing rods or rungs 3. The upper ends of the front legs 1 are connected with the rear legs 2 by side bars 4 which serve as arms for the chair. A. cross bar 5 extends between the side bars 4:, and this cross bar 5 and the side bars 4 carry cleats or hooks 6 which are secured against the inner side faces of the bars 4 5 and extend downwardly with their bills extending inwardly of the chair from the bars, as shown in Fig. 5. The rear legs 2 extend upwardly above the cross bar 5 and have their extended upper end portions joined by slats 7 so as to provide a back for the chair. Brackets 8 are secured to the front legs and extend forwardly therefrom to support a foot board 9 which will be at such a height above the lower ends of the front legs that a small child can rest its feet upon the board when seated in the chair. The tray 10 is of a conventional construction and will preferably be connected with one of the side bars 4 by hinges 11 so that the tray may be swung upwardly to one side when the child is to be seated in the chair or removed.

The seat which is used in connection with the chair is of a special construction and is shown in perspective in Fig. 3. Referring to this figure, it will be seen that the seat which is indicate in general by the numeral 12 is formed of fabric and provided with a bottom 13, side walls 14: and a rear wall 15. The seat is open at its front and a strip or tongue 16 extends forwardly from the bottom 13 and terminates in a widened free d end portion 17 which is of a length corresponding to the width of the seat and together with the tongue provides a front wall. By having the front wall formed as a relatively narrow tongue which terminates in a widened free end portion, there will be provided leg openings 18 when the front wall is drawn upwardly and secured in the elevated position. Eyes 19 are secured at the ends of the head portion of the front wall to engage buttons 20 carried by the side walls 14 and a strap 21 extends from the front wall intermediate its width and carries an eye 22 adapted to engage with a hook 23 screwed into the under face of the tray 10., It will, therefore, be seen that, when the front Wall of the seat is drawn upwardly and the eyes 19 and 22 engaged with the buttons 20 and hook 23, the front wall or flap will be very securely held in place and the child will be prevented from slipping forwardly out of the chair. The up er edge portions of the side and rear walls 14 and 15 are folded back upon themselves and sewed to provide a marginal pocket 24 which is of a sufficient size to permit the U- shaped yoke 25 to be slipped into the pocket. When the yoke is in place, the seat will have its rear and side walls provided with a rigid supporting member along their upper edges and the seat may be placed 1n the chair frame with the yoke and marginal portions of the walls resting upon the bills of the hooks 6. There is no danger of the seat slipping out of place as the yoke is of a size to fit snugly in the chair frame and further stops may be provided at the forward ends of the side arms 4: to extend across the forward ends of the yoke arms and positively prevent the yoke and seat from sliding' forwardly out of place.

When in use, the seat is disposed in the chair frame, as shown in Figs]. and 2, and when it is desired to place a child in the chair, it is simply necessary to release the front wall or fiap from the side bars and tray so that it will drop downwardly and then swing the tray to one side where it will be out of the way. The child will then be seated and the tray swung back into place. After the tray is in place, the flap or front wall is again drawn upwardly with the childs legs extending through the leg openings l8 and the eyes 19 and 22 engaged with the buttons 20 and hook 23. It will, of course, be obvious that if desired the front wall or flap can be drawn upwardly and the eyes 19 connected with the buttons-2O before the tray is swung into place and the eye 22 then connected with the hook 23. If a very small child is seated in the high chair, its legs will simply hang downwardly but if the child is of sufficient size it may rest its feet upon the foot board 9 When so seated, it will be mpossible for the child to turn in the chair and pull itself upwardly to a standing position and, therefore, there will be no danger of the child falling out of the chair or turning the chair over. When the child is to be removed, it is simply necessary to release the eyes ofthe front wall or flap from the hooks so that its front wall will drop downwardly and the tray can then be swung to one side andthe child easily lifted out of the chair. If the fabric seat becomes soiled by the child dropping food onto it, the seat may be bodily removed from the chair frame and the yoke slipped out of the pocket 24.. The seat can then be laundered, the yoke put back in place and the seat restored to its normal position in the chair frame.

Having thus described the invention, I claim: I

In a structure of the character described, a chair including a frame having side bars and a rear bar, a seatforined of flexible ma terial and shaped as a pocket and having side and rear walls provided with a marginal pocket along their upper edges and open at its ends, a U-shaped reinforcing yoke disposed in said marginal pocket and adapt ed to he slipped into and out of "place through one end thereof, and means carried by said side and rear bars adapted to engage beneath the reinforced upper edge portions of the walls of said seat and suspend the seat within the frame,

in testimony whereof if affix my signature.

ELMER A. KILWR. [its] 

